Norwalk weekly gazette, Friday, November 23, 1894 · page 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. NOHWMGAZETIE.
THE FAVORTE HOME PAPER.

Independent in all things: leutlal m 110111“.
Stands by the Street Bands.

*Mayor Schieren, of Brooklyn, an-
nounces that he shall veto the ordin-
ance passed by the board of aldermen
of that city on Monday last prohibiting
wandering minstrels from singing or
playing on the streets. This does credit
to his head and heart, if not to not his
ear. It shows that his kindest, sympa-
thies are with the thousands of people
to whom the melodies of the street mu-
sicians are always welcome, as the best
they can get, whatever the defects or
diScords of the music may be; and es-
pecially with the grand army of chil-
dren, out of whose limited range of en-
joyments it would be cruelty itself to
eliminate the tuneful harmonies that

I soften even the rough edges of life in
the slums. ‘ .

It is not among the habitations of the
poor alone, however, that the minstrel-
sy of the streets finds friends. Mayor
Schieren is in receipt of a number of
letters from very prominent people
protesting against the proposed abolish
ment of street music. Mr. A. A. Low
called to see the Mayor on the subject
personally, and subsequently sent him
a note, commending his purpose to veto
the ordinance, and stating that the
bands which visit his home, come they
ever so often, are always welcome.

It is said that one of the aldermen
who voted for the ordinance is the same
individual who, when a member of the
board of education, objected to the
reading of Longfellow’s‘ ‘Ship of State”
in the schools on the ground of its im-
morality. Is it any wonder that a man
with so little sense in his head has so
little music in his soul.

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City Water.

 

 

Engineer W. B. Rider has for long.

been enthusiastic over an immense
water basin, lying in the deep valley
between the New Canaan road on the
southwest. and Comstock Hill ridge on
the northeast and at present utilized
only by the Wilson bone mill and ice
pond. Mr. Rider is of the opinion
that a thirty-foot dam can be erected
on the Wilson property that would flow
a basin of one hundred and more acres
and furnish our city in time of need,
with as much water as the big reservoir
of the South Norwalk system and at
no greater expense than the cost of
constructing the contemplated Buscoe
reservoir above Grupes. Rider has
made a careful examination ' of this
new basin and is quite sure that he
cannot be mistaken. Messrs. A. C.
Arnold and Charles Turney have been
Over the grounds several times with
Rider and are fully convinced of the

' importance of having this location for
a vast reservoir carefully surveyed.
Our water commissioners have also
viewed the site and while not convinced
that it would cost less to utilize this
than to go on with the Ruscoe plan,
they are of the opinion that it is worth
considering as it is only a mile from
the city' limits and an additional distri-
buting reservoir could be constructed
there of almost any size'likely to be
required by our city, within the next
dozen or twenty years. Mr. Rider
avers that the mains from the, Grape
reservoir could be made to empty into
this with less cost than running them
directly down to our city center. By
all means let this new basin be sur-
veyed and its cost ascertained.

 

Don Juan as a “Buck” Dancer.

“An event of the season” was a col-
ored ball in Stamford, Wednesday
.night.The Advocate gives the following
account of the “buck” dance:

A purse of $1.50 was collected from
the spectators and a “buck” dance was
soon in progress. There were several

contestants. The judges thought honors

were about even between Don Juan
Carlo and Jimmie Jenkins, and those
two again took the floor. The enthus-
iasm reached its height whom the mats-
ter of ceremonies announced that there
was a tie vote among the three judges,
and they proposed that both men take
thefifloor together. Don Juan responded
but not before 'he gave the judges a
warning look, __which caused them to
have a hurried consultation with the
master of ceremonies. The orchestra
struck up a lively tune, and Don Juan,
stripped down to his shirt, with his
feet encased in a pair of gorgeous slip-
pers, which he thought were just the
proper thing, took the floor, followed
by Jimmie Jenkins. The colored part
of the audience could not restrain
themselves, and the dancers were
greeted with "Get dere, chile,” “You’re
a honey,” and similar exclamations.
The judges remained still undecided
which was the better dancer, and the
purse was divided. -
Left Over $1,000,000.

The will of Henry Keney of Hart-
ford disposes of an 'estate valued at
ogler a million—nearly $1,300,000, prob-
a y.

 

 

REQQLLEQTIONS
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OFA

WAR
“GURBESPUNDENT.

BY THE

Editor of the Gazette.
‘ Copyrighted 1894.

CHAPTER XXX I.

In previous chapters the career .of
Garfield has been terSely sketched With
special reference to unr local interest
in him, from the Saturday when he
walked the streets of Washington in the
uniform of a Union Army General, to
the following Monday morning when
in citizens dress he took his seat in the
House of RepresentatNes. . And this
narrative was as briefly continued up to
the time of his tragic death and burial
in the soil of his native state that he
served so faithfully and loved so well,
and before age had impaired his _re-
markable intellectual Vigor or time
dimmed the luster of well earned fame.
While Ohio proudly inscribes his name
on the rollof her honored and gratefully
remembered sons, Connecticut, whose
vigorous daughter Ohio is, Will ever
cherish his fame. Renown,such as his,
sweeps beyond the boundaries of state
lines, and throughout this Republic
and throughout the World and where-
ever constitutional freedom has a friend
the name of James A. Garfield will be
held in honorable remembrance to the
end of historic time.

While the military movements in
Kentucky and Tennessee, under Geus.
Buel, Thomas, Rosecrans, etc. , in which
Garfield had borne so successful apart,
were still in active operation, the Gov-
ernment was organizing a sea and land
force at Annapolis and Hampton Roads
for attack upon the numerous rebel
forts along the Atlantic coast of the
Carolinas. This expedition was under
command of Gen. Ambrose E. Burn-
side, of Rhode Island, and flag officer
Goldsborough of the North Atlantic
Naval Squadron. Burnside had a
force of ten thousand men and the
flotilla consisted of half a hundred gun
boats, tugs and transports. Very few
outside the war and navy departments
had any correct theory as to where this
force was to be engaged. With Yan-
kee perceptions and a newspaper re-
porter’s experience, I had gained
“pointers” enough by my daily
visits to the White House, War and
Navy departments to guess very nearly
the probable destination of this impos-
ing expedition. _

Rebel privateers had driven much if
not most of our European commerce
from the ocean, and at his home in
Norwalk, was Captain William Allen,
one of the _old time Ship Masters
of that period with occupation gone.
He had followed the sea from early boy-
hood and been Captain of a ship since
he was nineteen. He had always been
a democrat in politics, of the intense
Andrew Jackson stripe, but when the
rebels fired on the Nation’s flag at
Sumter, the old sea dog chafed like a
lion in an iron cage, and fumed for a
chance to help in any way, as he Vigor‘
ously expressed it, “to thrash the d—d
rebel rascals.” He wrote me a letter
asking that I would try and induce
Secretray Welles to let him accompany
this ocean expedition wherever it
might be going, and in any capacity
and without pay for his services. He
stated in his letter that he "knew every
cape, inlet and sand bar, between New
York and New Orleans,” and had
sometime in his life, sailed into and
out of every Southern port wherea
cotton laden ship, could float. He hap-
pened to be just the kind of a man this
expedition Service needed and found it
difficult to secure in sufficient numbers
andCapt. Allen was at once made sail-
ing master of one of the Burnside
transports. ‘ .

On the eleventh of January this com.
bined expedition put to sea, and steered
for Pamlico Sound. On the night of
the twelfth,when ofl‘ Hatteras, a terrific
storm was encountered Most of the
boats were utterly unfitted for heavy
sea weather and especially for weather-
ing a winter’s gale ofi‘ that dangerous
point. Like all Army and Navy ex-
peditions attemped throughout the war
this one, had been greatly delayed and
behind hand in getting off. The con-
sternation among officers and troops
was something terrible beyond any
powers of description. Several of the
transports and immense cargoes of
army stores went to the bottom in con-
sequence of the furious gale. During
the
was signaled by the flag ship to sail to
the front of the imperiled fleet and
pilot it into the nearest harbor where
safety could be secured. This was
magnificently done by Norwalk’s old
sea captain, who led the way to safe
anchorage in Croatan Sound, a few
miles below Roanoke, receiving there-
for the personal thanks of Gen. Burn-
side, who credited to Captain Allen’s
superior seamanship, the saving of his
expedition with the lives of every man
who had sailed out of Chesapeake Bay.
Later on when Gen. Burnside had be-
come an U. S. Senator, he frequently
regaled me with the story of Captain
Allen’s great service to him and his
country in this time of their peril.
Gen. Burnside was also fond of repeat-
in the story to the late Col. Henry
Al en, the Captain’s gallant army son,
and a warm, personal friend of the
general’s and a resident with him in
Providence, R I. .

' It was the beginning of February be-
fore the men_and animals could be
fitted for active campaign work and
then our forces made desperate and
successful assaults on the rebel works
closing all Carolina ports.

'On the seventh of February, the
bombardment of Fort Barton was be-

 

gun and soon in ruins. Our land forces

height of the tempest Captain Allen .

 

followed up the successand pressed
after the fleeing rebels, capturing in all
some three thousand of the fugitiveS,
iortty cannon and three thousand mus-
e s. .

The Stars and Stripes again waved
from North Carolina’s forts not again
to be hauled down, and the advance of
our troops along the coast, was. the sig-
nal for a stampede of the armed rebel
forces. “ Unconditional surrender”
had been the watch-word of Burnside
on the Atlantic as it was of Grant on
the Mississippi. The victory of our
combined army and navy forces had
been. complete, despite its perilous be-
ginning and the victory of Roanoke
Island was won the day after Grant’s
greater victory in the capture 0f Forts
Henry and Donelson. The effect upon
the country of these victories coming
so simultaneously and after so much
dreary delay and so many disheartening
reverses, was electric and tremendously
exhilerating. Our loyal people every-
where seemed to feel that the rebellion
was practically subdued and ended.
Congress was about as exhuberant as
was the people and ordered a grand
illumination of the Capital and display
of all the captured rebel flags on the
coming Washington’s birthday anni-
versary.

Two weeks later the unique and
every way extraordinary battle between
the Monitor and Merrimac took place
at Hampton Roads. Our “Yankee
cheese-box,” as the rebels derisively
called her had run into Fortress Mon-
roe, just after the rebel ram had de-
stroyed the U. S. war vessels Congress
and Cumberland and driven the Minne-
sota high and dry ashore. The Patriot
Ericsson, originated the idea of the
little turreted vessel, hitherto unknown
to naval warfare, but had not the
means to construct it. C. S. Bushnell
of New Haven, with an alert eye to
thrift and glory, besought Mr. Welles
to have the Navy department under-
take its construction. Under the law,
the Navy Department could not do
it, and besides nearly all the Solons of
that salty bureau, looked upon the con-
struction of such a craft as rediculous.
In this situation Mr, Welles assured
Bushnell that if he could induce capi-
talists to build her and she should
prove a success, he could safely, he
thought, promise that the government
would authorize its purchase. Bush-
nell, who has the genius of making his
victims believe the moon to be made of
cheese, succeeded in getting the neces-
sary capital to build the Monitor
pledged,and she washurridly built, and
providentially, not an hour too soon.
Among the citizens of Connecticut, WLiU
pledged himself for more than all he
was worth, for her construction, was
my life-long friend N. D. Sperry, of
New Haven, who has just been elected
to Congress in the second district by a
majority greater than any candidate
has ever received in that overwhelm-
ingly democratic district.

And the people of New Haven and
Middlesex counties have honored them-
selves vastly more than they have
Sperry in their wise and helpful choice,
while Connecticut and the Nation are
to be congratulated most heartily, that
a patriot so able, unselfish and sin-
cere a statesman so affluent in .plain,
practical, every-day common-sense, is
to lend his sagacious influences to the
shaping of Congressional action for the
good of the people and the glory of
the Republic.

In the April following, Admiral Far-
ragut captured New Orleans, which
with Focte, as the essential supporter
of Grant and Goldsborough of Burn~
side, and Worden in command of the
Monitor, gave an aWakened interest in
the hitherto sleepy navy and evoked
the most enthusiastic plaudits from
President, Cabinet. Congress press and
people throughout the country.

But these brilliant successes of our
Army and Navy in the early spring,
sad to relate, were not maintained
throughout the eventful year. The bai-
tle of Shiloh, clearly a defeat of Grant
the first day and a rout of Johnston on
the second,fought on April 6th and'7th,
was sickeningin its slaughter of troops
on both sides. The Presidentussued a
proclamation requesting the people "to
assemble at their places of public wor-
ship and especially acknowledge and
render thanks to our Heavenly Eili‘ather
for the successes which have attended
the 'army of the Union.” But soon
this battle becameasubject of bitter
controversy and criticism in and out of
Congress.

Mr. Sherman asked the Senate to in-
vestigate some unfounded charges made
against Ohio troops, while Elihu B.
Washburn of Illinois, made a masterly
defense of Grant on the floor of the
House. This able vindication, instead
of their long residence together at Ga-
lena, was the origin of the David and
J onothan intimacy of these two noted
men during all their subsequent lives.

Following the fierce butchery at
Shiloh, Gen. Hallock, that marplot of
all the remaining years of our war
struggle, jealous beyond concealment
of Grant’s growing fame, superceded
him and attempted to run the Western
Department after his own conceited
methods. Failure followed and to get
rid of him, President Lincoln, kind,
easy man, always striving to wound no
man’s feelings, had Hallock summoned
to Washington and placed in general
command of the army, which had been,
given up by McClellan after six months
of inaction. Hallock was also to act
as and advisory to Secretary Stanton
with rank of General-in-Chief, and
withtheadquarters at the War Depart:
men ..

A Norwalk Bov.
A parish meeting of the Presbyterian
church was held on Monday evening

in Webb Memorial chapel at which the,

report of the committee appointed in
J une last to select a pastor, was receiv-
ed, unanimously recommending Rev.
William Russell Bennett, of New York,
for that office. The congregation
heartily supported the recommendation
and voted unanimously to extend a call
to him. Mr. Bennett is a young man
of fine attainments. both as a scholar
and preacher and is well qualified for
successful work in thepastorate.——Mad-
ison (N. J.) Eagle. ‘

Boston Crooks-

It is believed that the gang of bur-
glars that operated on the savings bank
and the postoflice in Ridgefield early
yesterday morning is the same gang or
a part of it that blew open Kelly’s safe
in New Haven a few days ago.

The route of the burglars seems to
have been from Boston to New York‘
state, following the line and branches
of the Consolidated railroad. Prev1-
one to the burglaries in New Haven
and Branford other operations were re-
corded in small Massachusetts towns
on the line of the railroad.

I‘he gang evidently cut across the
country from New Haven in the direc-
tion of New York state via the Berk:
s‘hir'e division for the next morning
they were heard from in Bethel near
Danbury, where the depot was entered,
the safe cracked and about $300 se-
cured. .

Next comes Ridgefield, on their
route to New York state, which they
doubtless have entered long ere this,
and will be heard from in the smaller
towns.

It? is thought that it is a Boston gang
of crooks started out on their annual
tour. '

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Amusements.

 

 

Horr’s OPERA HOUSE.

The famous Norris Bros. are exhibit-
ing at Hoyt’s Theatre, to-day, with
their large company of over fifty Edu-
cated Sheltand Ponies and dogs. and
will remain to-morrow,giving perform-
ances at 2.30 and 8.15 p. in.

Night prices 15, 25, 35 and 50. Mat-
inee, Children 15, Adults 25.

Of their appearance at Lowell,Mass.,
the Citizen says:

“Norris’ famous dog and horse show
opened at the academy last night to a
large audience. The show is far ahead
of anything of its kind ever seen here.
It is highly interesting, amusing and
decidely instructive. The military drill
.of the Shetland Island ponies, the dog
Pun‘ch in his wonderful ladder act, the
clown dogs, the equine bell ringers, the
dog Punch walking the tight rope, the
waltzing ponies, the leaping acts of old
clown Bruiser, and numerous other
features, simply delighted the audi-
ence and brought forth the warmest
applause. The show must be seen to
be appreciated.”

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Recent Deaths.

Lyman Francis Cole died at Fitch’s
Soldiers’ Home, Tuesday, in the sev-
enty-third year of his age. The re-
mains were taken to Litchfield, yester-
day, for burial.

Caritain David Waterbury, a well
known and worthy citizen of Stamford,
died yesterday, aged 75 years.

John H. Sickels, patentee of the
Sickels fire hand engine. died in Port-
chester, yesterday, aged 76 years. He
was a member of the old New York
volunteer fire department.

George W. Cavanagh, a brother of
Willis Cavanagh of this city, died at
Bellevue hospital Wednesday aged 57
years. The remains were brought
here for interment, yesterday.

Miss Mary Sherwood died at her
home on Van Zandt avenue East N or-
walk last night, aged 65 years.

Mrs. Mary Cleveland, Widow of the
late Ebenezer D. Brockway. died at
her late home on Arch street, yester-
day, aged 80 years. She moved here
from Lyme in 1870, and survived her
husband about twelve years. Five
children, Mrs. Dexter Hitchcock, Mrs.
M: B. Crawford,Mrs. A. R. B. Maitison,
Misses Adele and Lizzie Brockway sur-
vive her. The funeral will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock from
late home N o. 7 Arch street

 

Attempted Murder.

George C. Blanchard, an eccentric,
made. an attempt to shoot “Matt” E.
O’Brien, a Bridgeport reporter, in that
city, Thursday afternoon, because he
was offended at a four line article in the
News with which O’Brien is connected.
Blanchard had a bull-dog revolver in
his hand but O’Brien after a short
struggle disarmed him. Blanchard was
then taken to the police station. He
formerly lived in Washington, D. 0.,
and was a reporter on apaper there.
He admitted that he intended to kill
O’Brien. .

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Not Edgellght.

Deputy-sheriff Toner went to Dan-
bury, yesterday, and placed Charles
B. Weed under arrest. He was wanted
in New Canaan for having defrauded a
man named Kellogg in a horse trade,
he havmg, it is alleged, represented
that the horse he exchanged was
“Edgelight” with a record on the Dan-
bury track of 2 :31. Kellogg claims
that this is not a fact. Weed was given
a preliminary hearing and furnished
bonds for his appearance for trial at
New Canaan, next Tuesday.

A. 0, H. Meetlng.

The officers of the A. O. H. of Con-
necticut met in New Haven, on Thurs-
day, .to raise funds for the establish-
ment of a professorship for teaching
the Irish language in the Catholic uni-
versity at Washington, for which pur-
chase.$50,000 is to be raised by the A.
O. H. of the country. It was decided
by a vote of the state officers to assess
each member of the order 75 cents to
raize the necessary amount from this
sta e.

 

 

Verdict for Wadhams.

Yesterday afternoon, a jury in the
Common Pleas court brought in a ver-
dict for Edward J. Wadhams, of South
Norwalk, awarding him $200 in his
suit against Samuel Griffin, for damages
resultingto his business by an attach-
ment levred by Grifl‘in. An appeal will
probably be taken. .

 

 

—-Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
Josephine glove cleaner, for sale only
by J. A. Riggs, Pharmacist, 11 Main
street. Norwa'." 10-1vr

 

 

The School Enumeration.

The following is a report of the enu-
meration and attendance of school
children between the ages of 4 and 16
years in the town of Norwalk for 1893
and 1894 :

No. of children, 1894, 4,013
“ “ “ 1893, 3,964
Gain, 49.
Gain in population, 250.
In school, this year, 3,386
“ “ last year, 3,252
Increase in attendance, 134.
Out of school, last year, 712
“ “ “ this year, 627

Decrease this year, 85.

Out of school in 1892 in an enumera-
tion of 3,847—806. In 1893, enumera-
tion, 3,964—712. In 1894. enumeration,
4,013—627.

The gains are as follows :

Dish—Northeast, 7
‘f ———North Center, 16
" —East Norwalk, 26

“ —Center, ' 35
“ ——Over River, o
“ ——Middle Five Mile River, 8

 

Total, 112
The losses are :

Dist—South Five Mile River, 12
“ —Northwest, 11
“ —Broad River, 11
“ —South Norwalk, 29

Total, 63

The West Norwalk district enumera-

tion is the same as last year, 69.
Roll Call.

There was a large attendance at the
annual roll call of the First Congrega-
tional church society in the lecture
room last evening, so large indeed was
the attendance it was found necessary
to adjourn to the church. A goodly
number of responses were received by
letter and there was a flattering number
of answers to the roll call. The ex-
ercises were very interesting, A fine
lunch was served.

 

AChronotshanatoletron.

The Daughters of Rebekah of Bridge-
port. gave a chronotshanatoletron and
entertainment last evening. A chron-
otshanatfoletron is a—well,it is a chron-
otshana oletron and very entertaining.
Norwalk may have one some day, and
you should not miss seeing it.

 

The Boarders Will Kick.

The selectmen of Hartford have
adopted measures to restrict the use of
whiskey among the inmates of the
almshouse. Last year one of the alms-
house expenses in Hartford was $456
for liquor and another was $747 for
tobacco.

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A Brakeman Killed.

Peter O’Toole, of Clinton, Mass., 9.
brakeman on the Northampton division
of the Consolidated, was knocked from
a freight car last night, in passing the
Clinton avenue bridge, at New Haven,
and killed.

 

 

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Fatally Burned-

Ada Belle DeWitt, aged 4 years while
playing around a bonfire, in New Ha-
ven, Thursday afternoon, was fatally-
burned. Her clothing was completely
burned from her.

A—o

TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES.

No war in N orwalk on oysters.

 

 

E. L. S.: The population of Norwalk
is a trifle over 20,000.

 

Captain Oliver B. Sherwood, of Der-
by, was 95 years old, yesterday. «

 

Miss Agnes Gibbs entertained. the
Thursday evening whist club last night.

 

The Fridayafternoon Whist club is

being entertained by Mrs. Van Buren,
this afternoon.

——Don’t miss it. Free soap on Satur-
day. N. Y. Store.

It is now that the turkey is_a feast
for the paragraphers, and a much for
the poultry thieves.

William Hanford has moved from
Weston to rooms in the Lockwood
building on Main street.

 

—New buckwheat 12c per pk. N. Y.
Store. .

Mary E. Kinney has applied for a
divorce from Alonzo Kinney, “absent
from this state—gone to parts un-
known.”

The Hope Hose boys expect to. have
a grand good time at their sociable,
this evening. Good music has been
provided.

Norwalk will be well'represented at
the Yale-Harvard football game in
Springfield, to~morrow. And they’ll
yell for Yale. ‘

The funeral of Elmore Bostwick Mc-
Neil], who died in Chicago, aged 34
years, will be held in Litchfield, this
state, to-morrow.

Dr. R. T. Bishop has tendered his
resignation as a member of the Bridge
port board of Charities. He was attend-
ing surgeon at the Emergency hospital.

 

 

 

_ —Pictures Framed by J. T. Hgyes.

 

The people of the Congregational
church at Greens Farms have decided
to wait till the spring of 1895 before
breaking ground for a church parson-
age.

.The county commissioners have
issued the following liquor licenses in
Westport: George J. Underwood, Albin
A. Faber, August G. Wicks, and Walter
A. Howarth. 1...

 

can; new peas 90 can.

markably free of grip.
attributed to the weather.
have had much rain, we have not had .
the humid rainy weather of last year.

 

—-New tomatoes So can; new corn 8c
N. Y. Store.

Norwalk has so far this year been re-
The cause is
While we

-—Pure candies, all kinds. made on

the premises. DeKlyu, Main street.
_ 976 if

 

Mr. Edward Weimar and Laura E...

daughter of Col. and Mrs. Henry Huss
of Mt. Vernon, N._
on Wednesday last.

Y., were married
‘ They have friends
in Norwalk who extend congratulas

tions.

Connecticut pensions: Increased, G.
F. Whitney, Bridgeport; re-issue,
Charles Tieman, Bridgeport; original
widows, etc., Ellen Heart, New Haven;
Sallie M. Hotchkiss, Naugat-uck; Mary
A. Leas, Oakville.

f—Free on Saturdayxi bars Ozone soap
With 1 lb of tea. N. Y. Store.

The horse that was left to die on
Wilton avenue,yesterday, was humane-
ly killed by Jarvis Kellogg. A dog
with the name of S. H. Barnes on its
collar, faithfully remained by the side
of the poor brute until it was put out of
its misery.

Aconference of the Young Men’s
Christian associations of the First Dis-
trict of Connecticut, will be held to-
morrow afternoon at the Methodist
church. Papers will be read and dis-
cussmns follow of interest to both men
and women.

Stone‘mason Sheldon is building the
foundations for four new houses and 'a
barn as follows : on St. John avenue
for Mrs. J. Ruth Williams; West Main
street, H. B. Hawkins; Elm street, J.
D. J ennings; Isaacs street, E. L. Hoyt;
Camp street, Mrs. Ida B. Ells.

—.Special sale of clothing. We are
havnng a special reduced price sale on
men’s, boy’s and children’s suits and
overcoats. Men’s heavy winter suits.
double breasted, $5.50 ; boy’s heavy
Winter suits, coat, pants and vests, $4 ;
children’s extra fine suits, $1.75; men’s
Union made fur hats, $1.00 Taft Bros.
27 Wall street on the bridge.

DEFIED THE POLICE.

Difficult Arrest of a Young Man \Vlio Had
Wounded a. Justice.

HYDE PARK, Muss. Nov. sat—A11 last
night the house in Davison street in
which James Keefe and his mother.had
barricaded themselves to escape arrestaft-
or shooting and clubbing Justice H. B.
Terry was surrounded by a patrol of po-
lice, and soon after 6 o‘clock this morn-
ing Chief of Police James McKay and:a
force of five men broke open the front
door. McKay. who was some distance in
the lead. had passed into the house and
Patrolman Alexander Schwab was just
entering the door when the inmates dis-
covered them. James Keefe, armed with
a butcher’s cleaver, attacked Ofiicer
Schwab. striking him on the head with
the cleaver, inflicting a wound 3 inches
long. Keefe was secured before he could
inflict further injury, and the mother was
subdued and bound. The, two were then
taken to a station and locked up.

Soon after 8 o’clock yesterday morn-
ing Keefe, who was considered eccentric,
accompanied by Mrs. Keefe, called upon
Trial Justice Terry at his office in the
town building and asked for a warrant
for the arrest of a man who they claimed
was annoying them. This was refused.
The two then left the building, but soon
returned, and Keefe fired at Justice Terry
with a revolver. Tax Collector G. E.
Sanford, hearing the shot, ran to his as-
sistance, but Keefe succeeded in firing
two more shots, the last one grazing’Jus-
tice Terry’s back, but not seriously injur-
ing him. Mrs. Keefe drew a heavy mon-
key wrench from under her apron and
made a savage attack upon both men.
Each received a blow, the justice being
felled tothe floor. Finally the collector
succeeded in barring them out of the
room. Patrolman Rooney, who was in
the building and wastattraoted to the
scene of the shooting by the noise, was
attacked by Mrs. Keefe. She struck him
with the monkey wrench, inflicting a
wound from which he will not recover
for many days. Mothenand son then pro-
ceeded to their home ‘on Davlson street
and kept the police from entering the

 

house by brandishing revolvers.

The physicians were summoned to ex- -

amine the prisoners .and reported that
both Keefe and his mother Were insane.
The prisoners were taken to therTaunton
asylum this afternoon. The phys clans re-
port that both Mrs. Keefe and her son
have wild delusions on the subject of
Freemasonry and religion, while with
Keefe are indications of extreme homicidal
tendencies. '

A Letter From Lieutenant Peary.
Loxnon, Nov. 23.—A dispatch to The

Times from Dundee says that a whaling
vessel that has arrived at that port brought
a letter from Lieutenant Peary, the Amer-
ican Greenland explorer, dated Cape
York, May 29.
previous accounts of the Peary expedi-
tion.
hope that other ships would touch at Cape
York before winter set in.

The letter confirms the

leutenant Peary expressed the

Made Ill by Unfounded Reports.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 23.—Alderman John

W. Lowe is seriously ill with uerirous
prostratlon, attributed by the physicians
to a peculiar cause. A few days ago a lo-
cal weekly paper charged him with being
connected with the American Protective
association.
began to fall off, it is claimed, 5nd llél
brooded so much over the matter that his
illness resulted.

His business immediately

 

Standard Oil Magnates Indicted.
WACO, Tex., Nov. 23.——-Thu grand jury

of McLennon county, at the instance oc‘
the attorney general (Governor Elect Cui-
berson), has indicted John D. Rockefeller,
Henry M. Flagler, William Rockefeller,
John D. Archibald and other Standard oil
magnates, ' I
Hogg will issue requisitions on the gov;
ernor of New York for the'parties.

for conspiracy. Governor

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